Ibyka

Ibyka
Temporal range: Middle Devonian to Upper Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: †Cladoxylopsida
Order: †Iridopteridales
Genus: †Ibyka
Species

†Ibyka amphikoma
†Ibyka vogtii

Ibyka is an extinct genus of Iridopteridales, and a possible ancestor to horsetails.[1]
The probable relationships within Equisetopsida are shown in the cladogram below. The position where Ibyka would be has been added.[2]

 

 

†Ibyka(?)

 
 

 

†Pseudobornia ursina

 
 

 

†Sphenophyllales

 
 

 

†Archeocalamitaceae

 
 

 

†Calamitaceae

 
 

 

Equisetaceae

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants . Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8 , p. 398-400.
  2. ↑ "Introduction to the Sphenophyta". University of California Museum of Paleontology. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
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